| A | B |
|---|
| George Washington | hero of French & Indian War; Commander of Continental Army |
| Loyalists | Colonists who opposed independence from Britain |
| Thomas Jefferson | Virginia planter and politician who wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| Patriots | Colonists who supported independence from Britain |
| Samuel Adams | Mass. Patriot who organized the Sons of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence |
| Thomas Paine | wrote anti-British pamphlets "Common Sense" and "American Crisis" |
| George III | British monarch who wanted to punish colonists for their rebellion |
| Nathan Hale | Patriot hung by the British for spying, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country!" |
